“Protecting the right of a woman to be able to make decisions about her own body is fundamentally what we do and what we stand for as a Democratic Party,” she said then, according to Breitbart.

“I believe that abortion rights are human rights,” she said.

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March for Life President Jeanne Mancini called Warren “wildly out of touch.”

“Senator Warren’s abortion policies — including advocating for late term abortion laws- are wildly out of touch with mainstream America, which would limit abortion to, at most, the first three months of pregnancy. The Senator would do well to study Americans’ views on this topic, rather than pander to the nation’s largest abortion provider,” Mancini told Fox News.

Warren, who in October seemed poised to overtake front-running former Vice President Joe Biden, has since slipped from 26.8 percent support nationwide to 14 percent, and is currently in third place behind Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, according to the RealClearPolitics polling average.

However, an analysis by The New York Times said that on abortion, the differences among Democratic presidential candidates are minimal.

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The Times surveyed Democrats running for president and said that only Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and candidates Joe Sestak (who has since dropped out) and Marianne Williamson believe abortion should be “safe, legal and rare.”

Most candidates, the outlet reported, are calling for the abolition of the Hyde Amendment, which largely blocks Medicaid coverage for abortion, as well as an expansion of access to abortion

“What you’ve seen is that it’s no longer OK for any candidate just to say they’re pro-choice,” Jacqueline Ayers, vice president for government relations and public policy at Planned Parenthood, told The Times.

“They’re being very specific on how our rights are under attack, how access to abortion is being undermined in this country, and putting forth plans to protect and expand rights,” Ayers said.

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“They’re setting the tone that this is something we should own proudly,” said Ilyse Hogue, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, “and not just react to when something happens.”

Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.

Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.
Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com.